Hat and garment hook.



Patented Sept.- I9, |8799.

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HAT AND GARMENT HOOK.

(Application filed Nov. 14, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALLACE S. BRACKTLE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

HAT AND GARMENT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters' Patent No. 633,227, dated September 19, 1899.

Application filed November 14, 1898. Serial No. 696,452. (No model.)

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Beit known thatLWALLAcE S. BRAOKTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iat and Garment Ilooks, of which the following is a specifica- Y view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view.

tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which may be removably secured in a hat, so as not to interfere with the comfort ofv the wearer, and will serve to hang the hat upon any convenient projection or surface, such as the top of a chair-back.

The device which I have invented is especially adapted for hanging up ladies hats in theaters. It may also be used for mens hats; also for all kinds of coats and garments. It may also be used as a hat-fastener to secure ladies hats to the hair and for other purposes and uses which need not here be enumerated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of the device. Fig. 2 is a rear Figs.

4 and 5 are end views. Fig. 6 is a central longitudinal section on an enlarged scale.

- and Fig. 9 is a section, on a greatly-enlarged scale, on the line 9 9 of Figs; 7 and 8.

Referring to vthe drawings, 1 represents a concave plate or disk having a slot 2 cut diametrally through the greater part of its width, the middle portion of the slot being enlarged in width, as shown at 3. In the concave face of the disk, around one end of the slot, is soldered a U-shaped wire 4, the ends of the Wire being located one on each side of the enlarged portion 3 of the slot and being turned up from the face of the disk and bent into eyes 5. Said eyes form bearings for small trunnions 6, extending. one from each side of an oblong block or plate 7 Said block 7 is centrally apertured to form a bearing for the shank 8 of a hook 9, said hook being held from sliding in said bearing by the collar 10 and head 1l, both iixedly secured to the shank. The head 11 is made square, and the upper edge, 0r that farthest from the disk, is pressed by a flat spring 12, secured at 13 to the disk l. Theshank 8 of the hook extends through the slot 2 in the disk and is readily moved from its position through one end of Avertical dotted lines in Fig. -that is, perpendicular to the plane of the disk-by the pressure of the spring 12 on the edge of the square head Il. In all positions which the shank may assume it, with the hook, is revoluble on its axis, and in the two terminal po 'sitions of the swing of the shank the hook may assume four directions from the shank, in each of which it is held resiliently and without looseness by reason of the pressure of the spring 12 against one or the other of the four edges of the square head ll. In the intermediate position of the shank, however, where it stands perpendicular to t-he plane of the disk, it will be readily seen that the side of the head remote from the shank, and not one of its four edges, now comes in contact with the flat surface of the spring, and thus in the intermediate position the hook may be turned to point from its shank in any direction whatever, and will so remain without any tendency to rotate.

For securing the device to a hat or garment there is provided a single piece 0f wire 20, bent into a half-circle and secured to the inner or concave face of the disk near the periphery thereof, as is best shown in Fig. 2, one end being then bent to form a loop 2l and the other end being first bent away from the disk, as shown at 22 in Figs. 4., 5, and 6, and then bent into a pin 23, extending diametrally across the disk and adapted to engage the loop 21, to be held thereby. The device being secured to the hator garment by means of the pin 23, so that its convex side faces outward, the shank of the hook may be.

turned either down, to lie dat against the surface lof the hat or garment, or upward, eX- tending beyond the rim ot' the hat and edge of the garment, and the hook may then be turned on its shank in several directions,

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whichever may give the best hold on the supporting-surface. The device will be seen to be very con veuientfor suspending ladies hats in theaters, as the hook is of such form as to rest securely upon the top otl a chair, railing, or balcony.

I claim- 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a plate, a block pivotally mounted thereon, a hook having its shank rotatably mounted in said block at right angles tothe pivotal axis of the block, a squared head on the shank of the hook adjacent to said block, a dat spring having one end secured to said plate and the other end bearing against adjacent edges of said head and block, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a concave plate having a dametral slot, a'wire secured to'the plate near its periphery and bent at its ends to form a loop and a pin engaging the loop, a block pivotally mounted on the plate, a hook having its shank rotatably mounted in said block and extending through said slot, and a spring controlling said block, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a concave plate having a diametral slot, a Wire secured to the plate near its periphery and bent at its ends to form a loop and a piu engaging the loop, a block pivotally mounted on the plate, a hook having its shank mounted on said block and extending through said slot, and a spring controlling said block, substantially as described.

i. In a device of the character described, the combination of a concave plate having a diametral slot, a wire secured to the plate ucar its periphery and bent' at its ends to form a loop and a pin engaging the loop, a block pivotally mounted on the plate, a hook having its shank rotatably mounted in said block and extending through said slot, and a spring controlling said shank and block, substantally as described.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a disk, a block pivotally mounted thereon, a hook rotatably mounted in said block, a squared head on the shank of the hook, a fiat spring secured on the support and bearing against the edges of the block and head, and a bent wire secured to the disk near its periphery and bent at its ends to form a loop and a pin engaging the loop, substantially as described.

G. In a device of the character described, the combination of a concave disk having a diametral slot, a block pivotally mounted in the concavity of the disk, a hook having its shank rotatably mounted in said block and extending through said slot, a squared head on the shank of the hook, a at spring secured on the disk and bearing against edges of the block and head, and a wire bent into a semicirele and secured to the disk in its concave face near its periphery and having its ends bent to form a loop andapiu engaging said loop, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing wit- HGSSGS.

Y WALLACE S. BRACKTLE. Vitnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, CHAs. W. SMYTH. 

